In the midst of promoting his new film Jay Kelly , due for release via Netflix on December 5, George Clooney was asked about the headline-making jewel heist at the Louvre museum last Sunday. Investigations continue into the reportedly seven-minute theft of a number of historic jewels snatched from the Apollon gallery at the opening of the institution, sparking a heated debate about the security measures and resources in place to protect these jewels of French history . Among them: a diamond bodice knot belonging to Empress Eugénie, an emerald set given by Napoleon to his second wife Marie-Louise, and a sapphire and diamond diadem worn by Queens Hortense, Marie-Amélie and Isabelle d'Orléans. Estimated loss: 88 million euros (or more than 102 million in U.S. dollars).

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